Manhattan storm victim complained about flood-prone basement, tenant says

The Manhattan man killed in Thursday's record-setting rainstorm complained multiple times about the flood-prone basement ...

Two men found dead in flooded basements in Brooklyn and Manhattan as record-breaking rain drenches NYC, N.J.

Two men died during a record-breaking rainfall that drenched the New York City metro area Thursday afternoon — a 39-year-old ...
WVXU

Basements are safer during tornadoes. Indiana is building fewer of them over time

The basement is all that was left of this home gutted by a tornado in Greensburg, Kansas in 2007. Experts say the safest part of a home during a tornado is a basement. But plenty of Indiana ...

Brooklyn man dies trying to save dogs from flooded basement apartment, neighbors say

Two people died Thursday in NYC​ when flash flooding filled basements from Crown Heights, Brooklyn, to Washington Heights in ...
Gothamist

Victims of NYC storm were handymen who helped around their buildings

Juan Carlos Montoya Hernandez died attempting to perform electrical repairs during the storm. Aaron Akaberi died trying to rescue his pit bull from a flooding apartment.
Omaha.com

Basements now free of water for four businesses near M's Pub building

The Omaha Fire Department’s mobile command unit, which had been set up near the scene of the fire at 11th and Howard Streets, pulled out about 4 p.m. Tuesday, officials said Wednesday. The Fire ...